Corn-planter.



PATBNTBD JAN. 7, 1908.

P. GHRISTIANSSON.

K com PLANTBR. APPLIGAIGI! FILED JULY 6,1906.

6 SHBBTS-SHEET l.

No. 875,894. PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908.

` v P. GHRISTIYANSSON.

CORN PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED .ULY Q, 1906.

` e SHEETS-SHEET Smm,

N0.875,894. A PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908. P. GHRISTIANSSON.

CORN PLANTER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUL'L' e, 190e.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

No. 875,894. PATENTED JAN. 7. 1908. P. GHRISTIANSSON.

CORN PLANTBR.

APPLICATION FILED JULYs,10o6.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

No. 8?5,894. PATENTED JAN- 7. 1908.. P. GHRISTIANSSON.

RN PLANTBR.

APPLIUATIQN FILED JULY s, 1906.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 6.

www0/aseo PATENTED JAN. '7, 1908.

P. OHRISTIANSSON.

CORN PLANTBR.

APPLIGAToN FILED JULY 6. 1906.

6 SHEETS-SHBBT 6.

@vih/Lome@ @n/wad W@ PEHR cnnIs'HAN'ssoN,

OF CARLOS, MINNESOTA.

CORN-PLANTER.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patentedun. 7, 190s.

Application filed July 6. 1906. Serial No. 324.982.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Penn CHRrsTIANssoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Carlos, in the county of Douglas and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Corn-Planter, of which` the following is a specliicatmn.

inexpensive one adapted to plant corn in' v hills and rows the desired distance apart, and

capable of ready adjustment to vary the distance between the hills and the rows.

A further object of the invention is to provide a corn planter of this'character adapted to be driven continuously back and 'forth across the land without necessitating the driver leaving his seat, and capable otmarking the land at the end of each row for indicating the point where the iirst hill of the next row is to be planted. Q

VYith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter -fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes 1n the torni, pro )o1-tion, size and minor details ot construction, within the scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to Without departinghfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawingsrr-Figure 1 is a plan view of a corn planter constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a iront elevation, the tongue being in section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantiallyv on the line 4 LL of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a similar view on the line 5-5 oi Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical sectional view, illustrating vthe construction oi the seed dropping mechanism. Fig. 7 is a detailview oi one of the seedboxes. Fig. S is an enlarged perspective view ot' one side of the roiit portionot' the machine, parts being removed to illustrate the seed dropping mechanism and lthe' hill marker more clearly. Figs. 9.and 10 are detail views, illustrating the construct-ion of the seed distributing disk or wheel. f. Fig. 11 is a sectional view on the line 11-11 `oiFig. 10, the lug of the adjustable plate being indicated at one side by a dotted line. Fig. 12 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the seed distributing disk spective 4view of a portion otv the front sprocket chain, illustrating the construction of' the projecting lugs.A Fig'. 1.4 is an enlarged detail sectional view, illustrating the arrangement of the ilattened portions of the shaft of the mutilated sprocket wheel and the arrangement ofthe spring for yieldably engaeingthe shaft. Fig. 15 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken longitudinally of the joint of the hill marker shaft. Fig. 16 is a transverse sectional view on the line 16-16 of Fig. 15.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the iigures of the drawings. c i

1 and 2 designate inner and outer parallel side bars or beams, arranged in pairs and con-- stituting the sides of the main frame of the corn planter, which is provided at its front and rear with transverse bars 3 and 4.

The main frame, although shown and de scribed in the present application is not claimed herein', as it forms the subject-matter of a divisional application, Serial No. 377,206, iedcJune 4, 1907.

The parallel side bars 1 and 2 are connected at intermediate points by suitable cross pieces 5, and are secured at their ends to the sides oi front and rear yokes 6 and 7, which are substantially U-shaped. The sides of the yokes are flanged and .the bars 1 andQ are secured to the inner faces ot the same. The side bars or beams, which carry the seed dropping and hill marking mechanism, are adjustable toward and Afrom each other to var v theV width of the machine to corres )ond to the distance between the rows, an for this purpose the front yokcs are provided with sleeves or boxes S, which are slidable Aon the front transverse bar 3, and are secured in their adjustment by means oi bolts 9.

The rear vokes are secured by bolts 10 to the rea-r transverse bar, which is composed ot adjustable overlapped `flanged sections 11 and 12, which are connected together at the median line of' the machine by means` of a bolt 13, which forms the' pivot of a marker y pole 14. The marker pole 14,'v which is adapted to be swung to either side of the frame, carries a marker blade 15, which is connected by a' i'lcgvible connection 16 with a traveler ring 17. The traveler ring 17 slides or wheel. Fig. -13 is an enlarged detail peron a transversely disposed guide 18 located at the front of the machine and consisting of an arched rod. The marking device, which j'verse bar.

is designed for marking ofi the rows of corn,

Y does not constitute a ortion ofthe present 'tongue or 'draftbeam 20 of the machine. -The u wardlypro'jecting connecting arch is provi edwith laterally extending arms .or-

portions 21, having horizontal flanges at their upper and lower edges and receivingthe inner ends of the sections of the fronttrans- The. lateral extensions of 'the arch -are secured to the sections of the front transverse b'ar by means of horizontal bolts,

or.other suitable fastening devices, which are located vbetween the .upper andlower flanges.

lThe draft beam or tongue extends rearwardly along the `median line of the machine, and its rear end is connected to an axle 22 by means of a socket 23, having a transverse ranged adjacent to the inner bars 1.

bearing opening for the shaft and provided with a longitudinal recess, in which the rear end of the tongue or draft beam is secured by suitable fastening devices 24. The axle ,22, which is journaled in suitable bearings 25of the side bars or 'beams 1 and 2, is held against longitudinal movement by means of collars 26,'secured to the axle by set screws andTsre socket 23 -is retained against'lateralmovement by means ofI collars 27, secured' to the axle by' set screws,\and located at the side edges of the said socket 23, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1V of the drawin s. Arranged upon the upper ace of the rear `end'of the tongue is an adjustable foot plate 28, forming a top for the socket 23Land prov'vided at o posite sides with longitudinal slots 29, which receive bolts 30, or other suitable fastening devices for adjustably scour-- ing the foot plate to the tongue and .to the socket. The foot plate is provided with laterally extended foot rests 31, arranged to receive'the feet ofthe driver. The rear ortion of the 'adjust-able foot plate is provided with an upwardly projecting inclined flanged ortion 32, which 1s supported by an integral race 33, and to which is secured the lower end of a spring standard 34 of a seat 35, '.-rhich is movable backwardly and forwardly with the adjustable foot plate, so as to arrange the driver within easy reach of the op' erating levers hereinafter described.

The tongue is 'braced by inclined rear-- wardly diverging rods 36, provided with `ter- .;iinal eyes and connected at their front ends with the side edges of the tongue by means of adjustable plates 37, having waved longitudinal slots 3S for the reception of bolts 39,-

which pierce the tongue and which securely hold the braces from slipping. The plates 37 are provided at their rear ends with eyes 40, into which the front terminal eyes of the rods 36 are linked. The rear terminal eyes of the rods 36 are linked into eyes 41 of collars or rings 42, arranged on'the axle, and interposed portion 44, which straddles a toothedsegbetween thelcollars 26 and the bearings of ment 45. -The toothed segment 45is formed integral with and extends upwardly from a plate 46, which is mounted upon the` tongue.

The lever is fulcrumed at the lower endl of its'y forked portion by means of a pivot bolt 47,'

.'or oth'er suitablefastening device, which is arranged at the bottom of the toothed segment,"as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The lever is adapted to swing backwardly and forwardly, and 'it isprovided at the sidesof its forked portion with forwardly projecting arms'48, which are con-1 nected'with 4the sides ofthe upwardly projecting arch 19, whereby when the lever is' oscillated, the front of the frame will be swung upwardly or downwardly, The arms 48 of the lever 43 are provided at their front ends with eyes 49, which are linked into eyes 50 of the sides of the arch 9. The eyes 50 are. provided with shanks or plates, -which are secured to the outer edges ofthe sides of the 'arch at a point between the top and bot,-`

tom thereof. The main frame adjusting lel actuated pawl or detent 51, which is arranged to engage the teeth of the segment 45,'and which is controlled by a latch lever 52 fulcrumed on the lever 43 adjacent to the upper end thereof. f

.ver is secured in its adjustment by a spring The machine is supported by. carrying V wheels 53 and 54, provided with broad concave peripheries y to prevent the machine from sinking. into thev soil and also for the purpose of covering the drilled seed. One or both of the wheels maybe iixed to the axle by 'means of a clamping screw 55, so that the axle will be rotated when-the machine moves Mountedupon the, axle at each side of Athe machine in the space between the bars 1 and 2. is a driving sprocket wheel 56, which'communicates motion, by the means hereinafter described, to the seed dropping mechanism and tothe hill markers. The mechanism at each side of the machine is the same with the exception of the levers 57 and 58 for throwing the machine into and out of operation,

, brackets 65, extendiefr j said links .70.

bracket' 65. --silever 58 is forked to straddle the extension, v

the levers 57 being operated by the toot and the lever 58 by hand, as hereinafter niore fully explaine A detail description ot the mechanism one side of the' machine will enable the operation ofthe latter to be thoroughly understood. The driving sprocket wheel 56 is connected by a sprocket chain 59 with a sprocket pinion 60, slidably mounted on an intermediate shaft 6l and provided with a clutch lia-ce or section 62, which is adapted to engage a Corresponding clutch tace or sect-ion 63 ot a rear sprocket wheel 64 ot front sprocket gearing. The intermediate shaft is jourzialed in suitable bearings of adjust-able bearing g upwardly troni the side beams l1` and 2 and provided with flanged base portions, which are slottedv at 66,'and which are adjustably secured to the side bars or beams by suitable fastening devices. Thesefasteningdevices pass through the slots 66, and secure they bearing brackets 65 in their adjustment. i

The slidable front sprocket gear 6() provided at the side opposite that troni which the clutch face or section 62 project, with a vgrooved hub extension 67, which receives a collar 68 provided with arnis 69, which are Connected by llnks 7() with the foot lever 57.

The foot lever 57, which is ot' bell crank torni,

consist-sof a horizontal toot receiving arm, and an upwardly extending approximately Y-Shaped arni 71, whicliis connected to the The contiguous bearing 65 is provided with projecting ears, between which the foot lever 57 is fulorunied by a suitable pivot, which passes through the angle ol the foot lever. The arms 69 ot the collar 68, at. the opposite side of the machine, are connected by short links 72 with the hand lever 58, and the latter is fulcruiiied between its ends on aii'extension of the adjacent bearingx The lower portion ol the hand and the sides have terminal hooks 73 to ref ceive the 'short links 7 2. The hand lever is secured in its adjustment by means ot' a spring actuated detent 74, arranged to engage a toothed segment 75, and connected with a latch lever 76, fulc-runied on the clutch operating lever 58 at the upper handle portion thereof. The toothed seginent 75 is formed integral with the extension ot' the bearing bracket 65, upon which the hand lever 5S`is fulcruined. The driver can throw one set of mechanism out of operation by his foot, and the other set is thrown out of operation by hand.

The bearing brackets 65 are adapted to he adjusted forwardly or backwardly to tighten and slacken the rear sprocket. chain, and the front sprocket gearing is provided with a sprocket chain 77 and a front sprocket wheel 78, mounted Von a front transverse-shaft 79,

which is j ournaled in suitable bearings of adjustabie bearing brackets 80. The adjustable be:V ing brackets 80 are provided with tlanged rse portions, having slots 81 for the reception ol` bolts, or other suitable 'fastening devices for securing the bearing brackets iii their adjustment. The front bearing brackets are adapted to be inoved backwardly or forwardly to slacken or tighten the chain ot the iront, sprocket gearing. The front sprocket chain is provided with laterally projecting lugs 82 and vertically projecting lugs 83, which are adapted to operate a seed distributing wheel 84, a seed dropping lever 85 and a hill marker The hill marker herein shown and described but not claimed also toriiis the su bject-inatter of a. divisional application, Serial No. 377,206, -tiled .lune 4, i907.

l'lhe laterally V projecting` lugs 82 form tei-ih, which are adapted to mesh with projecting teethY 87 of the seed distributing wheel 84 for rotating the latter. "These lugs 82, which are carried by reversible links, may be changed fro'ni one side of the front sprocket chain to the other to secure the desired rotniv movement ol'j' the distributing wheel, 'which is intermittently rotated and which is adapted to be adjusted to drop either a larger or smaller number of kernels ot' corn.

The changing otl the. lugs from the outer to the inner side ol the sprocket chains is equivaient to renioving the lugs, and this operation will be readily understood. '.lhe upper face V of the top ot' the seed tube is provided witln an annular sent .0() to receive the seed distributing wheel, which is correspondingly re- `cessed, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 6 of'tlie i drawings.

The upper face of the seed distributing wheel is also grooved at 91 to re ceive a depending flange or portion ot a seed box 92, which is `mounted upon the top of the seed tube. The seed box, which is approxiinstel;P rectangular in horizontal section,

' tapers troni top to bottoni, and is connected at its liront outer corner with the top of the seed tube b v a hinge 93 which periiiits hopper to be swung outwardly from over the seed distributing wheel to atl'ord' access thereto. 'ihe top oli the seed tube is provided at the rear sideol the hopper with projecting lugs 94 to which the seed box or hopper is detacliably secured by screws, or other suitable tasteiiinyr devices. v The seed box isprovided with a, hinged top 95, and it is provided in its bottom 96 with suitable openings to permit the `seed to rest upon the distributing wheel.

sired number of kernels of corn, or other seed. The adjustable plate is secured at the desired adjustment by means of set screws 100, mounted in threaded sockets of the seed distributing wheeland, arranged in curved slots 101 of the 'adjustable late. v `When the plate is partially rotate the depending portions or lugs 99 of the plate 98 are simultaneously adjusted in the slots or openings 97. Any. other suitable means, however',

may be employed for varying the size of the seed slots or openings, so that the desired number of grains or kernels will be discharged uinto the seed tube at each operation of the 'distributing wheel;

The seed tube is connected at its lower end with a runner or shoe 102, having a slotted or bifurcated rear end 103, and adapted to plow a groove or furrow into which the seed is dropped. The discharge of seed from the'seed tube into the furrow is controlled by -a second dropping device, consisting of the said lever 85,v and when the seed is deposited by the distributing wheel into the seed tube through an opening 10e-of the upper end thereof, the seed falls to the 'bottom of the seed tube, and rests uponthe lower arm'or ortion 105 of the lever 85. The lever 85, w ich consists of a single piece, is fulcrumed near itslower end on a transverse pivot 106,. and the lower arm .or portion 105 isshort vand is normally arranged at an inclination; -as clearly shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. The seed tube is provided with rearwardly extending spaced flanges or portions 107, which form a recess for the lever 85. lThe lever 85 is normally maintained ina closed osition'by means of a spring 108. The spring 108, which may be of any referred construction, is arranged between tfie upper arm of the lever and the seed tube, being mounted on a pin or rivetl 109, which. pierces the lianges 107. The spring is provided between its ends with an eye, which is arranged on the pin or rivet, and it has a short arm to bear upon the back of the seed tube. The other arm of the spring engages the lever 85, and is adapted to throw the same rearwardly. vThe seed dropping lever or cut-off 85 is oscillated by a hill marking rock shaft, consisting of an inner section 110 and an outer hinged section'l-IL The inner section 110 is journaled in suitable bearings of the innerand outer side Ybeams or bars 1 and 2, and it is'provided with opnositely project-ing tappets 112 and 113,

97 may be made of a size to contain the dewhich are normally arranged in a substantially-vertical position, asillistrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The upwardly `projecting ',tappet 112 is arranged in the path of the lugs 83 of the front sprocketchain, ,and it is adapted to be engaged by the same, whereby the `shaft is partially rotated to swing'a shortI of'a row and being lnormally arranged in an elevated position, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of Only -one of the hill markers is used at a time, the one at the side. next to` the drawings.

the unplanted land being swung downward for operation, when'the end ofthe rjow is reached.l l -v As 'illustrated in the accompanying drawings, tlie 'laterally'projecting lugs 82, which are 'set for operating the seed distributing wheel, are arranged in pairs, two sets being l. shown, andthey partially rotate the seed distributing wheel prior to the operation of the marker. shaft by the" adjacent or companion lug 83; lThe front chain may, however, be of any desired ylength and may be' provided with any number of sets of lugs 82 and 83,1510 as to drop the seed into the furrw atl the desired interval and proper distances apart. When one of the lugs 83 engages the upwardly projecting tappet 112, the latter is swung rear wardly and the arm 1 14, and the marker arm, which depends from the marker shaft, is swung downwardly. This oscillates the lever 85 to drop theyseed into the furrow, and if the outer hinged section 111 of the marker shaft,4 be arranged horizontally, the marker arm will beswung downwardly to mark the land for the purpose heretofore described.

projecting tappet 112 operates a mutilated n 101 The lug 83 prior to engaging the upwardly I sprocket wheel 116, which is rotated one half a revolution at each operation, and which is adapted to engage the depending tappet 113 for swinging the same rearwardly tos-return' the marker shaft toits initial position, so'v that the upwardly projecting tappet wiltbe in proper'posit-ion to be engaged by thesucceeding lug 83. The mutilated sprocket wheel 116, which is mounted on a transverse shaft 117, is provided at d iametrcally opposite points with sprocket teeth 118, which are arranged inv pairs and which are adapted to mesh with the lower stretch of the Vfront sprocket chain. The said wheel 116 is also provided with oppositely disposed lugs 119,

which are adapted to be alternately engaged by the lugs 83 whereby thewheels 116 will be rotated sufficiently to bring the front sprocket teeth 118 into position to mesh with the front sprocket chain, and thereby produces a positive partial rotary movement of the said wheel 116.

By means of. the foregoing construction,

v"swung rearwardly, the depending 'tap et 113 is swung forwardly and upwardly, an( at the 'limit'of such movement of the rocker shaft,

tlie`tapp'et'113 is engaged at its upper face lby one of the teeth of the wheel 116, which positively swings the tappet'113 downwardly to assist the return movement of the marker shaft.

marker' shaft during such return movement The spring 108 also aetuates'l the by passing the ripper arm of the lever-"85 to engage the depending arm 114 of the marker shaft, and the said spring 10S yielda-bl y holds the marker arm 115 in an inclined position above the ground. d .In order to prevent the mutilated sprocket wheel 116 from being rotated too great a distance, theshaft 117 is provided with opposite flattened portions 120, see Figs. 1 and 14 formedby grooves or recesses, and the upper oneof such flat portions 120 is engaged by a spring'121, which yieldably holds the wheel 116 in the position illustrated in Fig. 5 with its sprocket teeth 118 at the front and back and its lugs 1 19 at the top and bottom. The s ring 121 'is secured at one end to the inner side bar or beam 1 at a point in advance of the shaft,` and theother end o f the spring is free and engages the shaft 117.

The lower stretch of the vfront sprocket chain is held against upward movenient by an idler 122, which maintains the bottom lugs in -position for actuating the seed distributing wheel, the sprocket wheel 116, and the marker shaft.` This idler consists of a 'smooth Wheel, mounted on` an arm 123, Which is a proximately Lshaped and which is mounteil on the inner s ide bar or beam 1.

The marker arm 115, which is normally arranged at an inclination when the outer section of the marker shaft horizontal, extends downwardly and rearwardly from the outer end of ,the marker shaft, as clearly l row.

the outer end of the marker shaft by means of a collar 126, provided with depending extensions, which embrace the marker arm and 'f forms a socket for the same.

,is adjustably secured to the section 111 by The collar 126 means of a screw, 'or other suitable fastening yof the markershaft, when the saine,

device, and is adapted to be moved inwardly and outwardly on the said section 111 ,to arrange the hill marking arm the proper dis tance from the side of theniachine to correspond to the width of the rows.

A fixed indicator 127, consisting of a rib or flange, is formed integral with the seed tube, and is arranged at a slight inclination at the outer side thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of theI drawings. When the corn lanter is turned at the end of a row, this indicating flange or rib is placed outside the mark made by the hill marker, and the seed will be deposited the proper distance from the raw previously planted.

The hinged outer section of ,the mark'er shaft is connected with the innersection by` a partial ball and socket joint, the inner end of the outer hinged section being provided with a longitudinal box or casing 128, com posed of two longitudinal sections, secured together by rivets or other suitable fastening devices, which are arranged in perforated ears or flanges 129. The box or casing forms a sleeve to receive the inner end of the outer section 111, and it is provided atan intermediate point with a socket 130, receiving and conforming to the configuration of a ball 131, which is carried by the outer end of the section 110, and which forms a head for the same. The box or casing is provided at the top of the socket 130 with a slot or opening 132, which extends to the inner end of the box or casing and which permits the outer section 111 of the marker shaft to swing upwardly from a horizontal position to the verticall position illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. When the `router section of the marker shaft is'arranged in a horizontal position, the inner slotted portion ofthe box or casingreceives the outer end of .the inw ner section 110 to form a rigid joint. The outer portion 133 of the inner section 110 is squared, and a yoke 134 is secured to the squared portion to assist in forming astiill joint or coupling, The yoke consists of a top transverse portion and del ending sides, which have ,flared or outwar yy bent lower terminals to enable the inner end of the box or casing to readily enter the yoke. The

transverse top portion of the yoke is pierced by a fastening device or devices for securing/ the yoke to the squared inner section 110.

The outer hinged section 111 of the marker shaft is guidedin its upward and downward swinging movements by means of a substantially L-sha ed `loopl 135, consisting of an approximate y horizontal portion and andepending vertical. portion. The "depending vertical portion of l.the loop-shapedguide forms a stop and a restfor the outer" section horizontal position, and the loopf-isliaped guide, which permits the outer section v111 to swing upwardly and downwardly, does not: interfere With the rotary` movement of the 'marker shaftl and vprevents the outer section from swinging longitudinally of the machine, when the former is raised. When the outer section is swung upwardly to va vertical position, the inner slotted portion of the box or casing 128 is carried out'of the yokeand does not interfere with the oscilla-4 tory or partialrotary movement' of the inner section 110, which is necessary to operate the seed dro pin lever 85. The guides 135 are mounte on ateral extensions of the tops of .the seed tubes. v

mounted on the tongue or draft beam.

The hinged outer sections 111 of the marker shafts are'swungruiwardly, and are maintained in va vertica position by v means of ropes 136, or other suitable flexible connections, secured at their outerends to the- 4hinged sections 111, which are provided at a terminal portions of the flexible connections and the intermediate eye 142 is engaged with 136 are provided with intermediate and terminal eyes `142 and 143 the terminal eye 143 of the flexible connection136 is en-' gaged with the hook 141, when the outer section 111 of the hill marker shaft is arranged 1n a horizontal position. for operation,

the hook 141 to hold the outer' section 111 in an elevated position.' v

The rear transverse bar of the frame is extended laterally beyond the inner and outer side bars or beams, and provides supports for a pair of Scrapers 144 for removing dirt 'and other accumulation from the peripheries of the carrying wheels. These Scrapers, which depend from the extended ends of the rear transverse bar, are curved to conform to the concave peripheries of the wheels.

The vertically projecting lugs 83 'of the front sprocketv chain maybe formed integral With either the intermediate or the side links 'of said chain, as clearly illustrated in Fig. .13.'

of the drawings.'

It Will be seen that lthe corn planter iis capable ofl ready adjustment to arrange its parts for planting the hills the desired distance apartin 'each direction, that it 'is adapted to obviate the inconvenience -of stretching a line across the field to form a guide for planting, and that the driver does not have to .leave nis seat throughout the entirev yplanting operation,` Also it will be clear that either of the hill markers may be readily xswung downwardf to a horizontal position accordingly as the machine is at one side or the otihcrof a field.

Having tl'ius fully described my invention, What I 4claim as new. andV desire Yto secure by Letters;r Patent, is`: i

A 1. 'In a machine of the class described, the combination of aV frame', anaxle supporting the frame, seed, dropping mechanism mount ed on the frame at opposite sides thereof, gearing located at o positeisides of the frame and connected witi the axle for 'actuating the seed dropping mechanism, clutches located at a point in adv.nce of the axle for throwing the machine into and out of operation,a foot lever connected with one of the clutches, a hand lever located at the opposite side of the framev and connected with the other clutch, and a seat located in rear of the said levers. Y

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a seed tube, a"lever consisting of a single piece and 'arranged outside of the seed tube and extending alongside the rear wall thereof and having itsloiver endA inclined and extending downwardly and forwardly across the lower end of the seed tube, said lever 'being fulcrurned between its ends at a point above the inclined lower end, a spring for holding the lever normally in yits closed position, a shaft having an arm for actuating the lever 'to open the seed tube, and gearing provided with means for operating the shaft.

in a machine of the class described, the combination of a seed tube, a lever fulcrumed at an intermediate Joint and having upper and lower arms and forming a cut-off for the seed tube, a spring locatedfin advance of and engaging the upper .arm of the lever for holding the latter in its closed position, a horizontal shaft having a depending arm located in rear of the upper arm of the lever and arranged. to engage the same for actuating` the lever to open the seed tube, land gearing' for operating thes'liaft.

4. ln a machine of the class described, the

combination of a seed tube, a lever forming a cut-off fonthe dame, a spring for holding rio the lever normally in its closed position, a

rock shaft provided with a tappet and having an arm for actuating theglever to open the seed tube, and sprocket gearing provided at intervals with lugs for engaging the tappet.

5. In a machine of the class described, the

combination of a shaft provided with oppositely projecting tappets, a sprocket chain having a lug for engaging one of the tappets to turn the shaft in one direction, and a sprocket Wheel arranged, to be thrown into operation by the said lug and actuated by the sprocket chain for engaging the other? nally thereof toward and from the dropping tappet to turn the shaft in the opposite direction.

6. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a shaft provided with op 3osite tappets, a sprocket chain having a lug for engaging one of the tappets, a sprocket Wheel arranged in the ath of the said lug and provided with a ng for engagement With that of the chain, said sprocket Wheel being also provided With teeth to mesh with the sprocket chain and being adapted to en'- gage the other tappet of the shaft to return the latter to its initial position.

7. In amaehine of the class described, the combination of a shaft provided with op o- Isite tappets, a sprocket chain having a ug for engaging on'e of the tappets, and a sprocket vWheel having opposite lugs and provided with op 'osite sets of Sprocket teeth, the lugs being a apted to be engaged by the lug of the sprocket chain,and the sprocket teeth being adapted to mesh with the sprocket chain, whereby the sprocket wheel is caused to engage the other tappet of the shaft to return the latter to its initial position.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a shaft provided with opposite tappets, a sprocket chain having means for engaging one of the tappets, a sprocket. Wheel arranged to 'be actuated by the sprocket chain'for engaging the other tappet of the shaft, and yieldable means for limiting the rotary movement of the sprocket wheel.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a shaft, a spring engaging the shaft to limit the .movement thereof, a sprocket vwheel mounted on the shaft, a sprocket chain having means for engaging the sprocket Wheel, and a-shaft provided VWith opposite tappets, one of the tappets being arranged to be actuated b v the chain, and the other tappet being arranged to be engaged by `the sprocket Wheel.

10. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a rock shaft, a hill marking arm mounted on and carried b v the rock shaft, dropping mechanism, and means for partially rotating the shaftfor causing the arm to mark the land and for operating thc dropping mechanism.

il. In-a machine of the vclass described, the combination of a rock shaft, a-hill marking arm mounted on and carried b v the rock shaft and arrai'igcd to swing upward and downward to and from the ground, dropping mechanism, and means for rocking the shaft for operating the hill marking arm and the dropping mechanism.

12..,In a machine of the class described, the, combination of a rock shaft, dropping mechanism operated by the rock shaft, and a hill marking arm mounted on and carried 'by the rock shaft and adjustable longitudi- -ing arm carried bv the rock shaft, means for yieldably holding the hill marking arm normally above the ground., dropping mechanism, and asprocket chain having adjustable means for intermittenttv rocking the shaft for operating the hill marking arm and the dropping mechanism.

15. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a rock shaft provided with a tappet, a hill marking arm mounted on and carried by the rock shaft, dropping mechanism, and a sprocket chain provided with a pluralityfof removable and adjustable lugs for engaging the tappet to rock the shaft at intervals for operating the hill marking arm and the dropping mechanism.

16. Inl a machine of the class described, the combination of a seed tube, a spring actuated cut-off for the seed tube, a rock shaft having an actuating arm arranged to engage the cut-off, a hill marking arm carried by the shaft, a tappet also projecting from the shaft, and gearing for engaging the tap et to rock the shaft, whereby the cut-oil' an hill marking arm are operated simultaneously 17. In a machine of the class described, the combination with dro ping mechanism, of a rock shaft having a hillhnarking arm and .provided with means for operating the dropping mechanism, a sprocket chain, a sprocket wheel, cooperating means carried b y the chain and the rock rsluift for .moving the latter in one direction, and means mounted on the rock shaft and actuated by the sprocket Wheel for moving the fornierin the opposite direction.

l S. The combination with dropping mechanism, of a sprocket chain, a rock shaft having a hill marking arm and provided with means for operating the dropping mechanism and intermittently moved in one direction by the sprocket chain, a sprocket Wheel also intermittently operated by the sprocket chain, and means mounted on the rock shaft and actuated b v the sprocket wheel for moving the said rock shaft in the opposite direction. A

1Q. The kcombination with dro ping meching a hill marking arm and provided with means for operating the dropping mechan- A anism, of a"sprocket chain, a rocx shaft havism, cooperating means carried by the chain f and the rock shaft for intermittently moving my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature the latter in onedirection, a sprocket Wheel in thepresenoe'of two Witnesses. nlso intermittently actuated by the sprocket l f* PEI-IR CIIR.ISTIANSSON.4 `5 chain', and means mounted on the rookv shaft Witnesses:

" .Y andagtuatedby thesprocket Wheel for mov-"- C. I iAlzsoN,V

ing-the former in the opposite.direction. N. O. JOHNSON.

. In testimony, that I claim theforegoing as 

